Reminiscences of Walter Bara : oral history, 1956

Biographical Note

Publishing executive

Scope and Contents

Translator at Library of Congress, Office of War Information during World War II; McGraw-Hill book list in scientific and technical areas, contacts with European publishers, juvenile books, distribution of English language books in foreign countries; publishing in Latin America in business education field; McGraw-Hill supercedes Springer as world's foremost publisher; satisfaction in publishing; fluency in other languages in business correspondence; resumption of operations behind the Iron Curtain

Subjects

• Bara, Walter, 1919-1966.
• Book industries and trade.
• Business literature--Publishing.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• McGraw-Hill, inc.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Publishers and publishing--Interviews.